Charter SA227-AC Metro III Cargo Configuration
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Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III Cargo Configuration payload and cargo capacity
SA227-AC Metro III Cargo Configuration · SW4
Aircraft information
This technical reference for Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III Cargo Configuration includes available capacity, performance, dimensions, and loading data.
Key figures
- Max payload
- 1,815 kg
- Cargo volume
- 13 m³
- Range at max payload
- 1,430 km
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Specifications
Cargo & performance
- Max payload
- 1,815 kg
- Cargo volume
- 13 m³
- Range at max payload
- 1,430 km
- Ferry range
- 2,600 km
- Cruise speed
- 515 km/h
Dimensions
- Overall length
- 18.09 m
- Wingspan
- 17.37 m
- Main deck length
- 9 m
- Main deck width
- 1.9 m
- Main deck height
- 1.6 m
Cargo doors & loading notes
Main deck cargo door (LH): 135 × 130 cm
Weights
- Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)
- 7,255 kg
- Maximum zero fuel weight (MZFW)
- 6,240 kg
- Maximum landing weight (MLW)
- 6,820 kg
- Operating empty weight (OEW)
- 4,425 kg
Aircraft
- Manufacturer
- Fairchild / Swearingen
- Aircraft family
- Metro/Merlin
- ICAO type code
- SW4
- Aircraft category
- Narrow-body freighter
- Propulsion
- Turboprop/Turboshaft
- Engines
- 2 × TPE331-11U
- Recorded operational status
- Active
Airport planning
ICAO type classification
Current Doc 8643 record for SW4.
Official ICAO type-level classification mapped by the current Doc 8643 designator. Multiple aircraft variants may share one designator; this is not variant-specific operational approval.
- ICAO type designator
- SW4
- Wake turbulence category
- L/M
- Wingtip clearance group
- G
- Aircraft configuration
- Land Plane · 2 × Turboprop/Turboshaft
Source: ICAO · Doc 8643 — Aircraft Type Designators · Updated Sep 3, 2026
FAA airport planning characteristics
Mapped by ICAO type designator SW4. FAA source record: Swearingen SA-227AT Merlin 4.
FAA aircraft-type data mapped by ICAO designator. It is intended for airport planning and design; it is not variant-specific operational approval or a complete compatibility assessment.
- FAA approach category
- B
- Airplane design group
- II
- Taxiway design group
- 3
- Reference approach speed
- 112 kt
- Tail height
- 5.09 m
- Wheelbase
- 7.22 m
- Main gear width
- 6.22 m
- Reference MTOW
- 7,257 kg
Source: FAA · Aircraft Characteristics Database (October 2024) · Download source dataset